Hi Shane, This doesn't happen with your example: https://play.golang.org/p/C3zb6Qyx-2f
Can you provide a small example of when it does happen? //jb On 6 Apr 2020, at 08:03, Shane H <shane....@gmail.com<mailto:shane....@gmail.com>> wrote: I know that it's documented that the json encoder will produce base64 "Array and slice values encode as JSON arrays, except that []byte encodes as a base64-encoded string", but I am getting a base64 response when I pass in a string response := []string response = append(response, "http://localhost:10000/obscured/media/f7/c3/e6/a74f71b64712bf11af31b2d027dadbe41f63313103d14a528043d66173";) w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated) if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response); err != nil{ // handle error } Will produce the base64 equivalent of the URL, instead of json. Given that every time I have asked for help on this list I have discovered that it's something that I am doing wrong, I do NOT mind if someone helpfully points me toward the documentation I am misreading -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4e145a21-52cb-4393-bda0-b11d11a471ed%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4e145a21-52cb-4393-bda0-b11d11a471ed%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/0349A14F-DC57-4217-8F4E-F27087067CFC%40kastelo.net.
